The memorial race is held in honour of Hendricks, one of the winningest and most popular drivers during the early years of South Buxton Raceway. He won the first Late Model feature the night the track opened - June 12, 1971 - as Raleigh Raceway Park.

Hendricks drove his famous ‘09 Panic’ car to Late Model points championships in 1975, 1979 and 1985. He retired from racing following the ‘85 season. He died at the age of 48 in 1995 from cancer.

The Late Models will have another memorial race on July 27.

The first Gord DeWael memorial feature, named in honour of another three time track champion who died in January, will have an expanded purse and is expected to draw late model cars from across Ontario and the U.S.

Dale Glassford is joined in the Winner's Circle by Don Hendricks grandchildren Josh, Austin and Kristen Bishop. At back, is son Scott, wife Joyce, grandson Tyler and daughter Vanessa. Glassford won the 2012 Don Hendricks memorial on July 28.

Glassford, who has missed two race nights this season, moved into second place in the division standings, 116 points behind Chatham’s Gregg Haskell, the defending series champion.

Chatham’s Darryl Hoekstra took over the Schinkels Gourmet Meats UMP Modified standings by eight points over Chatham’s Brian Speelman, who had been the points leader since May 25.